Velma B. (Goertz) Dyck
Velma B. (Goertz) Dyck, 93,
passed away Wednesday (August 13, 2008) at Sunshine Home in Buhler.
Velma was born June 4, 1915,
on a farm near Gotebo, Okla., to David H. and Lena (Reimer) Goertz. She had
three sisters, Ella (Krause), Nora (Daubert), and Rosa (Quiring).
She graduated from Gotebo
High School. Soon after graduation, she moved to Newton, where she worked at FW
Woolworth's and later at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton.
She was baptized in the
Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Gotebo by the Rev. Hege, who also was one of her
high school teachers.
After moving to Newton, she
married John W. Dyck, and they moved to the Emmaus community. To their union
was born one daughter, Sharon Kay.
Velma transferred her
membership to Emmaus Mennonite Church and later, when they moved back to
Newton, she and John transferred their membership to First Mennonite Church.
For the past 10 years, she lived at Sunshine Villa in Buhler.
She is survived by a
brother-in-law, Ralph Quiring of North Newton; sister-in-law, Helen Dyck of
West Plains, Mo.; daughter, Sharon and husband, Don Ratzloff, of Buhler;
granddaughter, Michelle and husband, Mark Harrington, and their children, Sarah
and Erin, all of Newton; granddaughter, Melissa and husband, Rick Daley, and
their children, Colton Lane and LouAnn, all of Hutchinson; many nephews and
nieces; and a host of friends.
Velma was preceded in death
by her husband, John W. Dyck, in 1988; and her sisters, Ella, Nora and Rosa.
Visitation with the family
will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Buhler Mortuary.
Interment will be at 9:30
a.m. Saturday at Restlawn Garden of Memories in Newton, with funeral service
following at 11 a.m. at Buhler Mortuary, with Pastor Bob Dalke presiding.
Memorials may be made to
either Buhler Sunshine Home or Buhler Mennonite Church.
